illegal drugs on school property.” Adolescence who abuse substances are at risk of long- term impairment of cognitive ability and memory‚ lack of motivation and self –discipline‚ and have reduced school attendance. (American Academy of Pediatrics‚ 2007) While some professional organizations may disagree with randomly drug testing students‚ some schools who have adopted student drug testing are hoping it will serve as a deterrent and give students a reason to resist peer pressure to take drugs‚ a reason
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Drug testing is a very controversial issue in today society. It causes uproar from the students and the workers across America because they feel that it is an infringement of their rights. I believe that it is an infringement of a person’s right to be tested of drugs just out of the blue and without just cause. I also believe that a person should be tested if they injure themselves or cause an injury to someone else on the job because then the employer is not held accountable or responsible for
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Drug Tests for Middle Schools? Imagine a country where kids and adults are always zoned out or woozy. Every time you talk‚ they can’t “hear” you can and their frustration levels rise quickly. Quickly will be adults soon and must stay “clean” to lead the future of this country down a good path. “By 8th grade: 16.5% have used marijuana” (Teenage Drug Use). Although students may switch to less detectable drugs that are more harmful‚ middle schools should have drug tests‚ because drug tests discourage
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Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Introduction Mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients is a controversial issue. Should the government hold people accepting government entitlement’s accountable for illegal drug use or would this type of action cross the boundary of civil liberties into an invasion of privacy? The government has a vested interest in getting welfare recipients back into the working population. Holding welfare recipients accountable for illicit drug use only ensures
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Drug Testing before receiving financial aid from the government to support your family. Lately the media has been following the legislatures and their bills involving mandatory drug tests before receiving government assistance. “According to the Survey of Income and Program Participation conducted by the U.S. Census‚ well over 100 million Americans are enrolled in at least one welfare program run by the federal government. Many are enrolled in more than one. That is about a third of the entire
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Drug Testing Gabrielle A. Pili-Mahoe ENGLISH 3 –Period 1 Argument Research Essay March 14‚ 2013 Gabrielle A. Pili-Mahoe Ms. Wright English 3 - Period 1 Argument Research Essay March 14‚ 2013 Unlike most people‚ that has vehicles of their own to transport them from and to their location. But other people they don’t have that advantage‚ they would have to take public transportation‚ such as taxis and especially the city buses. For the employees know that their workplace is at safety
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English III 10 November 2016 Should school athletes have to take drug tests? Would you want your star basketball player to be kicked off the team during playoffs? Of course not! Would you want your whole football team to losing because of some marijuana being passed around the locker room? No! These are just a few reasons why I believe high school athletes should be required to take drug tests randomly throughout the season. About 17% of high school students use drugs every single day. That only counts
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Since the leave No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 high stakes testing has become the norm in school districts making students pass standardized test to graduate from high school or move up in grade level (Munoz 2014). These high stakes testing is mainly to determine whether the schools get funding‚ awards‚ or salary increases for teachers and administrators (High Stakes Testing 2014). I personally do not think this has good benefits for the students. I feel like these tests are all about a number
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THE EFFECTS OF DRUG USE ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ITS CORRELATION TO EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT HHS4M Submitted to: Mrs. Palarchio Submitted by: Jose Saravia Due Date: May 31st‚ 2013. The hypothesis
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For countless years‚ students have been drug tested‚ while teachers remain un-involved. Although teachers can request at any time that a student get drug tested‚ students are unable to request for teachers to be tested. People may believe that a teacher should not be tested‚ but they have just as much access‚ if not more‚ to drugs as students do. Therefore; drug testing should be required for teachers. Besides the biological parents‚ teachers have a powerful influence over students. If a person is
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